Everything on the Ringer feels like it was turned in half written.

The Ringer’s terrible. Once in a while they’ll link an NBA article on Twitter that interests me enough to click through, but beyond that it’s all trash. They try to cover too much, and it results in a website that’s a mile wide but an inch deep.

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Grantland always felt like a respite from (if not a reaction against) the aggressive disposability of most online writing about pop culture. The Ringer is a capitulation to it.

yeah. The Ringer is “ok” in the sense that it’s not really good or bad, just totally useless

I’m with you that it needs more time and also that it needs to develop a breakout star. Grantland had three of the top analysts working in their sports (Keri, barnwell, and Lowe) plus surprisingly robust NHL coverage and Rembert. ( Plus Wesley morris- holy shit they had so many people I almost forgot Wesley morris).…